I find knowledgeable insight in this issue maddening absent, and I have asked around and search around a lot about it for years with multiple Epsons. Not only are you advised Epson Enhanced Matte in the manual, but a tech will tell you to use the single weight matte roll that came with the printer- a paper with a very different thickness than Enhanced Matte. I too have used my preferred paper instead, thinking I may eek out a slightly better alignment. I know for a fact that nozzle distance from the paper, which is effected by the paper thickness itself, the platen gap setting, etc... will effect proper alignment. Additionally, I believe you are only aligning one paper thickness setting.. what about the others, and what's the most advisable setting to use for the procedure?
One would think someone at Epson knows EXACTLY what to do and why, we can never get access to these mystery people.
Very specific information and instructions for getting the most optimal alignments possible, and why, would be most welcome. Finally. Particularly given the higher need for perfect dot placement to avoid K channel patterns in the new models.
Tyler